Powhatan County

Central Virginia Bankshares Inc., parent company for Central Virginia Bank, said it is open to all strategic alternatives as it struggles to deal with payments related to its participation in the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program. That could...

The driver who police said caused an alcohol-related crash that killed his three older sisters last weekend in Powhatan County is conscious and in good condition at VCU Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman says. State police said Jerry B. Middleton,...

Powhatan County's Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved the county's $45 million operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget approved Monday evening includes a 2 percent across-the-board pay raise for county employees,...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Ninety-six percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited for the 2011-12 school year.  The Virginia Department of Education made the announcement Thursday.  The accreditation is based on performance of students on Standards of Learning and...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A Virginia State Police investigation of House Clerk Bruce Jamerson's death has found that he shot himself to death with a handgun that had been handed down for decades to successive clerks. The inquiry confirmed a medical examiner'...

The unnerving sign-off to the letter left by the sniper Saturday night outside the Ponderosa steakhouse - "Your children are not safe anywhere at any time" - was enough to shutter school systems throughout the Richmond area for two days. But not in...